2 Nights til Homecoming!

Hey, its Jeremy tonight, Lacey has had another slightly better day today than yesterday and we continue to see improvement everyday. She still has the pains and still needs medications for pain and mild nausea but she continues to progress and I think by Monday, she'll be ready for the flight. She is using much less insulin and we learned that she really is only in need of the long acting insulin in the morning. She has had no insulin with meals today, and has not had any episodes of low sugar like she's been having the past several days. It seems that the islet cells are working more everyday. Her sugars have been within normal limits, then rise slightly with meals, then decrease again after a few hours as they are supposed to do. We were delighted tonight to be able to go to the well renowned Ruth's Chris Steakhouse for Lacey's first steak in 12 years. It was wonderful. She only ate about half of it but she loved and and tears rolled down her face as she realized the taste she's been missing for many years. She and I enjoyed a quiet date while her parents kept our wonderful baby girl for a few hours. We got back to the hotel and Lacey was quite worn out and in some pain across her ribs and back, but the outing was very enjoyable..and good for us both. We are hoping to attend church here in Minneapolis tomorrow morning at Bethlehem Baptist Church, the church pastored by John Piper. He is truly a hero of the faith and for those who don't know him, he is a very popular writer and theologian. See his blog attached on my page, it's called Desiring God. It's great! I've learned a lot from listening, reading, and studying his materials and we are very excited about listening to him preach and worshipping with the body of believers at Bethlehem Baptist. Please continue to pray for us as we plan to fly home on Monday and pray that God will continue to gaurd and protect Lacey as we travel. We are all slightly nervous about the flight but we know God's provisions and protection is with us. He has been so good to us. So ready to see you all, our family and friends!!